Improvement in devices for lifting and replacing horse-cars



H. 0. BAKER.

DEVICE FOR LIFTING AND REPLACING HORSE CARS. No.188,723, Patented March27,1877.

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HENRY 0. BAKER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICES FOR LIFTING AND REPLACING HORSE-CARSSpecification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 188,723, dated March27, 1877 application filed January 23, 1877.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY O. BAKER, of the city and county of New York,State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Liftingand Replacing Street- Gars upon the Track, which improvement is fullyset forth in the following specification and accompanying drawing, inwhich Figure I is a perspective view of a streetrailroad horse-car withmy bar attachment drawn out for a lever; Fig. II, a view of the underside of the car-bottom with the bar in the staples or eyes when not inuse. Fig. III

is a view of the under side of the car-bottom m with the bar partlydrawn out.

The object of my invention is to furnish a bar or rod to be used as alever when drawn out to lift the end of a street-railroad car when offthe track, and enable one or two persons to put the car back upon thetrack without disturbing the passengers in the car.

In the drawing, Fig. I, the letter A is the bar or rod drawn out,forming a lever of such length as to enable one person to lift the sameweight that will require five or six when lifting at the end of the car.

Fig. II shows the under side of the car bottom and platforms. B is thecar; 0 G, the platforms; A, the bar or rod, and D the staples or eyes inwhich it rests.

Fig. III also shows the under side of the car bottom and platforms, withthe bar or rod A partly drawn out. The bar may be drawn out from eitherend of the car, as the lever may be required.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The adjustable bar or rod A, connected with the car by staples or eyesD, substantially as shown and described.

HENRY O. BAKER.

Witnesses:

HENRY (J. BENNING, NATHANIEL ORoswELL.

